Lintel for garage door opening....

[noseall]

Remind people what supports the soffits

The rafter ends

 

[noseall]

Where's one of your wonderful pictures of this exact arrangement when you need one?

We usually fit a timber across the opening. A double up 4x2 sideways so that it's width spans above the window/door/opening and has enough meat left to cradle the soffit (10mm ply).
We then connect timbers down from the rafter ends onto this broad timber.
It's just a matter then of allowing the ply soffit to travel into the recess. A pointless lintel leaf would interfere with this.
I'll do a sketch later

 

[noseall]

Where's one of your wonderful pictures of this exact arrangement when you need one?

The bit that dives into and above the openings differs little from the rest of the soffit cradling other than there are horizontal timbers included above the soffit to assist with any window vertical fixings required.

 

[noseall]

Thanks Noseall. What's 'Cradling'?

Cradling

• noseall
• 24 Jan 2022

 

[williamglossop]

That's great Noseall. Many thanks.

Will

 

[^woody^]

Or you can just put one lintel on

Remind me what is going to hold up the 3 course between the frame head and the soffit?

 

[noseall]

Or you can just put one lintel

IT..WILL..BE..IN..THE..WAY...

I will repeat: There is no need for external leaf lintel support if the soffit finishes level with the heads of the frames.
Any masonry yes fit a cavity or twin skin lintel. I thought you were bright Woods

 

[^woody^]

IT..WILL..BE..IN..THE..WAY...

I will repeat: There is no need for external leaf lintel support if the soffit finishes level with the heads of the frames.
Any masonry yes fit a cavity or twin skin lintel. I thought you were bright Woods

You've not looked at the drawing then. That's not bright.

 

[noseall]

You've not looked at the drawing then. That's not bright.

Nether have you. They are showing framing above the garage doors.
Specsavers are open. No need to apologise.

 

[^woody^]

Nether have you. They are showing framing above the garage doors.
Specsavers are open. No need to apologise.

The thing is, your drawing does not match the OPs situation and wont work.

The OP said he wants 3 course of bricks above the garage frame, and I would suggest that he does not want some poxy shiplap on a frame

 

[noseall]

The thing is, your drawing does not match the OPs situation and wont work.

The OP said he wants 3 course of bricks above the garage frame, and I would suggest that he does not want some poxy shiplap on a frame

Tell that to his architect. Humble pie anyone?

 

[^woody^]

Tell that to his architect. Humble pie anyone?

The OP has posted here for a solution, he has already said his designer was crap.

So the solution is a single cavity lintel, what could be simpler?

 

[noseall]

So the solution is a single cavity lintel, what could be simpler?

I'd be inclined to keep my options open height wise, especially if the opening height is showing as only say 6'-6".
7' or even 7'-6" is better.
But Yes, any external masonry, even if it is just one course, requires a cavity lintel.

 

[noseall]

The bit marked 300.... I think would be better in brick rather than fascia boards....

Possibly.

As long as you are certain of your garage frame height. What you have to remember is that a garage door frame header rarely works in metric courses. Be sure to set the height accordingly and not too low.